Tray-holder for trunks.



PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906.

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TRAY HOLDER FOR TRUNKS.

APPLICATION TILED APR. 4, 1906.

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TRAY-HOLDER FOR TRUNKS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed Ap 14, 1906. Serial No. 309.895.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SAM IRICK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Tray-Holder for Trunks, of which the followingis a speci fication.

The invention relates to improvements in tray-holders for trunks.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction oftray-holders for trunks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient device adapted to be readily applied to the tray of anordinary trunk and capable when the tray is swung upward from ahorizontal to a vertical position of automatically supporting it in thelatter position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tray-holder of thischaracter which may be readily operated for releasing the tray to permitthe same to be swung downward to a horizontal position within the bodyof the trunk.

T Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of constructionwithin the scope of the claim may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trunk provided witha tray-holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 isan enlarged sectional view illustrating the construction of thetray-holder and showing the same in engagement with the upper edges ofthe body of a trunk. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view takensubstantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 1 designate a pair of spring-actuated rods which are mounted on a tray2 of a trunk by means of spaced intermediate and end supports 3 and 4and which are adapted when the tray is swung upward to the positionillustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings to be thrown outward automaticallyinto engagement with the upper edges of the body 5 of f the trunk,whereby the tray is supported in I an elevated position for aflordingfree access to the body of the trunk. The tray is designed to be hingedat the upper edges of its 'back at 6 in the usual manner, and thesupports are applied to the rear lower edge of the tray, as clearlyshown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. The supports are provided withangularly-disposed attachment-flanges 7 and 8, which receive the edge ofthe tray and which fit against the outer faces of the rear wall andbottom of the tray, being secured to the same by screws, rivets, orother suitable fastening devices. The intermediate support 3 ispreferably arranged at the center of the rear lower edge of the tray,and it is provided at its angle with a tubular guide 9, which receivesthe inner end portions of the rods 1. The inner ends of the rods areangularly bent to form a pair of operating-handles 10, which arearranged in a bottom slot 11 of the intermediate support 3.

The outer supports 4 are preferably arranged at the ends of the tray,and they are provided at their angles with tubular barrels or casings12, which form housings for coiled springs 13. The ends 14 of thebarrels or casings are preferably reduced to fit the rods 1, and thesprings, which bear against the inner ends of the barrels or casings,engage projections 15 of the rods. The projections are preferably formedby pins, which pierce the rods, as shown. The springs are compressedwhen the tray is in a horizontal position within the body of the trunk,and they are adapted to throw the rods outward automatically intoengagement with the upper edge of the body of the trunk when the tray isswung upward above the same. The handles are located in convenientpositions to enable them to be simultaneously grasped for withdrawingthe rods from engagement with the body of the trunk to permit the trayto be swung downward.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A tray-holder for trunks comprising spaced intermediate and end supportsprovided with angularly disposed attachment flanges arranged to receivethe edge of the tray, the intermediate support being provided at theangle formed by the flanges with a tubular guide and having a slot, andthe end supports being provided at their angles with barrels or casings,rods passing through the In testimony that I claim the foregoing asbarrels or casings and having their inner pormy own I have heretoaffixed my signature 1o tions supported by the said guide and proin thepresence of two witnesses.

vided at their inner ends with terminal han- 5 dles operating in thesaid slot, and springs JOHN SAM IRICK' housed within the barrels orcasings for au- Witnesses: tomatically throwing the rods outward whenHERMAN MAHNKE,

the tray is swung upward. EMANUEL FRIED.

